Mr. England was that I found him every helpful when the major storms. When May 3rd came though he was very clam and he told the truth about what you needed to do to stay a live and get away from the storm . He has been at the for front of technology in the meteorology, with his help from Doppler radar and early warning systems. He has also been in the field of meteorology for 40 plus years. He has been giving many awards here is some of them Readers Choice Award-The Daily Oklahoma-2008,2007,2006,2005. He also has written 5 book, one of the more well known one is "Those Terrible Twisters". It is about a large tornado and a large out break of them, it is much like May 3, 1999 in my opinion. This is why I think he was so calm when it happened, he also went around in 1972 to schools tell the kids how to act during a tornado and what they need to know to live. I think that is the best thing he has ever done, is try to save lives of those he has never met.
The Early Years
Mr. England was born on October 3, 1939, in Seiling, Oklahoma. Where he went to school at Seiling High School, but before that he all ready had known what he wanted to be in the 7th grade, a meteorologist. I think this is the reason for his success in the field, he has a great passion for it, he even chased storms as a teenager, To me this is where he learned how to be so clam during major storms, not just the tornados but the ice storms. After that Mr. England went in to the Navy at the age of 17, at the age of 18 he went to the Navy Weather School, where he would study weather seriously for the first time, and find his restraint in saying that this is going to be a huge storm be for you can really tell. He did this for the Navy and with that he also learned how his forecasting can help save lives. He would stay there for the next three years, learning more, and using what he had learned . He attended the University of Oklahoma after he got out the Navy and graduated in 1965 with a mathematics degree with a meteorology option. After he graduated Mr. England went to work for Southwestern Weather Service in Oklahoma City where he worked for 2 years as a consulting meteorologist, to me this was the first place he really had a chance to learn from people with more knowledge in the field, and learn more for the worst tornado out brake in many years, which was the May 3, 1999 out break. After that he spent four years as a consulting meteorologist and oceanographer with A.H. Glenn and Associates in New Orleans. That is a private weather service that helps the NWS and non-NWS listing.
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Major Field of Study
Meteorology is his field of study and he has made major leaps in this field, The most well-known achievements of his on going carrier is the Doppler Radar, in the mid 70's this type of radar was made to track in coming missals coming over the North Pole to hit the US. The brought it to Norman, Oklahoma to see if the could use it to track storms, Mr. England followed the research and the test. In 1978 he founded a company to called Enterprise Electronics and asked if they could build him one and the reaction to that was "they never thought of that." He went to the owners of the News station the "Griffins" the talked them in to it, it was 250,000. It was finished in 1980 and they learned how to use it by 1981, in 1982 they issued the frist Doppler Radar warning in tv history, this was the first commercial Doppler radar in history. In that year a tornado hit Ada, killing one person. He later said " we did invent doppler radar its been around for a long time but we moved ahead in the commercial side of it. In 1991/1992, he helped make the little map of Oklahoma in the top right corner, called the first warning. The other thing he has done for the field of meteorology is the"Terrible Twister" where he went around to schools talking about tornadoes and what to do when they happen, where it is safe to be. This turned out to be a real crowd gainer, one time he went up to Woodward to speak at a meeting when 400 hundred people showed up, he said " This is weird, man, really strange that people would come out to do this." but that was not the the biggest crowd he had doing this, he was invited to speak up in Stillwater, where 750 to 1,000 people would be at. At first he wasn't going to do it but eventually got talked in to it. This turned out to be one of the best things he did.
Legacy
The legacy of Gary England will have many things in it, from his old timey charm, to his work on May 3, 1999, all the stroms really, and his work for Oklahoma, his work for the field of Meteorology. If you ask some one in Oklahoma who watchs News 9 and ask them about Gary's charm, they most likey say something like how they smile when he makes a joke, and when it comes to storms braking out they turn to his clam demeanor. As a young child when storms would start popping up I would always run to the TV and turn Mr. England on to see what was happing, what to do, and to calm down. His work on May 3, 1999, gave him a place for him in every Oklahoma's heart, I remember watching it when my dad was on the phone with my family down in Moore, My Grandday was over at our house that night when we where trying to figure out what to do if the storm were to make it to OKC. Many of my freinds have similar memories about that night with there familes. With the Ice stroms and the many stroms that have came though Oklahoma, he still has the same calm charm, that helped him and many Oklahoma's though May 3. The other storms that runs though my mind when I thing about his demeanor is May 4,5,6,7 and 8th of 2007, I remember playing on the play ground and having to run back inside to get in the school, and my mama coming to get me from school casue tornados wher droping down very where. When we got home he was the first one we turned on. His work for Oklahoma has mostly though the work of being safe, like his Terrible Twistier work. He as done some much for the field of metoeorology, though his work with the doppler radar
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and other types of radar. All in all his legacy will be one of the greatest people ever to study metoeorology.
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Gary England
Mr. England was that I found him every helpful when the major storms. When May 3rd came though he was very clam and he told the truth about what you needed to do to stay a live and get away from the storm . He has been at the for front of technology in the meteorology, with his help from Doppler radar and early warning systems. He has also been in the field of meteorology for 40 plus years. He has been giving many awards here is some of them Readers Choice Award-The Daily Oklahoma-2008,2007,2006,2005. He also has written 5 book, one of the more well known one is "Those Terrible Twisters". It is about a large tornado and a large out break of them, it is much like May 3, 1999 in my opinion. This is why I think he was so calm when it happened, he also went around in 1972 to schools tell the kids how to act during a tornado and what they need to know to live. I think that is the best thing he has ever done, is try to save lives of those he has never met.
The Early Years
Mr. England was born on October 3, 1939, in Seiling, Oklahoma. Where he went to school at Seiling High School, but before that he all ready had known what he wanted to be in the 7th grade, a meteorologist. I think this is the reason for his success in the field, he has a great passion for it, he even chased storms as a teenager, To me this is where he learned how to be so clam during major storms, not just the tornados but the ice storms. After that Mr. England went in to the Navy at the age of 17, at the age of 18 he went to the Navy Weather School, where he would study weather seriously for the first time, and find his restraint in saying that this is going to be a huge storm be for you can really tell. He did this for the Navy and with that he also learned how his forecasting can help save lives. He would stay there for the next three years, learning more, and using what he had learned . He attended the University of Oklahoma after he got out the Navy and graduated in 1965 with a mathematics degree with a meteorology option. After he graduated Mr. England went to work for Southwestern Weather Service in Oklahoma City where he worked for 2 years as a consulting meteorologist, to me this was the first place he really had a chance to learn from people with more knowledge in the field, and learn more for the worst tornado out brake in many years, which was the May 3, 1999 out break. After that he spent four years as a consulting meteorologist and oceanographer with A.H. Glenn and Associates in New Orleans. That is a private weather service that helps the NWS and non-NWS listing.
Major Field of Study
Meteorology is his field of study and he has made major leaps in this field, The most well-known achievements of his on going carrier is the Doppler Radar, in the mid 70's this type of radar was made to track in coming missals coming over the North Pole to hit the US. The brought it to Norman, Oklahoma to see if the could use it to track storms, Mr. England followed the research and the test. In 1978 he founded a company to called Enterprise Electronics and asked if they could build him one and the reaction to that was "they never thought of that." He went to the owners of the News station the "Griffins" the talked them in to it, it was 250,000. It was finished in 1980 and they learned how to use it by 1981, in 1982 they issued the frist Doppler Radar warning in tv history, this was the first commercial Doppler radar in history. In that year a tornado hit Ada, killing one person. He later said " we did invent doppler radar its been around for a long time but we moved ahead in the commercial side of it. In 1991/1992, he helped make the little map of Oklahoma in the top right corner, called the first warning. The other thing he has done for the field of meteorology is the"Terrible Twister" where he went around to schools talking about tornadoes and what to do when they happen, where it is safe to be. This turned out to be a real crowd gainer, one time he went up to Woodward to speak at a meeting when 400 hundred people showed up, he said " This is weird, man, really strange that people would come out to do this." but that was not the the biggest crowd he had doing this, he was invited to speak up in Stillwater, where 750 to 1,000 people would be at. At first he wasn't going to do it but eventually got talked in to it. This turned out to be one of the best things he did.Legacy
The legacy of Gary England will have many things in it, from his old timey charm, to his work on May 3, 1999, all the stroms really, and his work for Oklahoma, his work for the field of Meteorology. If you ask some one in Oklahoma who watchs News 9 and ask them about Gary's charm, they most likey say something like how they smile when he makes a joke, and when it comes to storms braking out they turn to his clam demeanor. As a young child when storms would start popping up I would always run to the TV and turn Mr. England on to see what was happing, what to do, and to calm down. His work on May 3, 1999, gave him a place for him in every Oklahoma's heart, I remember watching it when my dad was on the phone with my family down in Moore, My Grandday was over at our house that night when we where trying to figure out what to do if the storm were to make it to OKC. Many of my freinds have similar memories about that night with there familes. With the Ice stroms and the many stroms that have came though Oklahoma, he still has the same calm charm, that helped him and many Oklahoma's though May 3. The other storms that runs though my mind when I thing about his demeanor is May 4,5,6,7 and 8th of 2007, I remember playing on the play ground and having to run back inside to get in the school, and my mama coming to get me from school casue tornados wher droping down very where. When we got home he was the first one we turned on. His work for Oklahoma has mostly though the work of being safe, like his Terrible Twistier work. He as done some much for the field of metoeorology, though his work with the doppler radarReferences
1. http://american.redcross.org/site/DocServer/Gary_England_Resume.pdf?docID=161
2. http://www.rose.edu/eocrhc/Oral-England,G.htm
3 .http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/metindex.htm
4. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Gary_England#encyclopedia
5. http://www.rose.edu/eocrhc/Oral-England,G.htm